UM Legend ….Jimmy Johnson - doing just fine

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Jimmy Johnson, circa 1972

Each Tuesday, we run a photographic memory in The Oklahoman. This is a photo from today’s paper that assistant sports editor Scott Munn found in our archives of former Oklahoma assistant coach Jimmy …

www.oklahoman.com

 

[Hurracanes]

 

[Salt]

GOAT Hair….

 

[insaneinthecane]

As much as I love Jimmy,just so you know, it was Butch who was in charge of his recruiting.and initial evals.

Yeah, but who put Butch in that position? No knock on The Butch at all but I think Jimmy is the GOAT talent evaluator of our time. Butch learned from the best!!

 

[cane1963]

Yeah, but who put Butch in that position? No knock on The Butch at all but I think Jimmy is the GOAT talent evaluator of our time. Butch learned from the best!!

Jimmy had a natural way to sitting down with the moms and dads of players he wanted and convincing them that he would respect them and make them better. He was a full blown down to earth person and those parents trusted him. There's more to Jimmy's history than games and wins.

 

[NJshoreCane]

JJ was 4-1 vs #1 teams.
At Miami he was 4-0.

His 1 loss at Okey State?
The mighty '83 Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Score?
14-10
As you guys know, Nebraska averaged over 53 ppg vs everyone else

 

[Empirical Cane]

I pray he outlives me cause I don’t want to be in a world without Jimmy Johnson in it.

Proper devotion to one of the Saints of Miami right here.

 

[SPFRcane]

Saban could never

 

[NJshoreCane]

I'd like to see it adjusted for total games coached...

They should list out of how many total college coaches games they have too. Jimmy getting 4 in 10 yrs as a college HC is more impressive than the others. And really it was all at Miami so only 5 yrs

Jimmy is 4-1 vs #1 in 10 years/118 games:
Miami- 4-0 (5 years)
OSU- 0-1 (5 years)

Saban is 9-5 vs #1 in 27 years/369 games:
Bama- 8-4 (17 years)
LSU- 0-0 (5 years)
MSU- 1-1 (5 years)

 

[FuriousStyles]

I could imagine a CIS in the late 80’s ripping Jimmy apart for not landing Aikman in the transfer and losing him to UCLA of all places.

“Fly the planes…”

“Hack…”

“Can’t recruit for chit…”

 

[E1k]

 

[Memnon]

I could imagine a CIS in the late 80’s ripping Jimmy apart for not landing Aikman in the transfer and losing him to UCLA of all places.

“Fly the planes…”

“Hack…”

“Can’t recruit for chit…”

You wanna know another HOF QB Jimmy recruited...

Terry Bradshaw

 

[MedleyCane]

Everytime I hear or see an interview with Jimmy is mostly to do with the keys, fishing and drinking and I'm sick and tired of it.

Actually, I'm envious of the man and I don't blame him for retiring and living that life.
He has earned every single of it and I hope he continues for many more years....now, about that fishing and Keys envy....

 

[Cajuncane]

If Jimmy had stayed and even Howard for that matter I gotta believe we’d be in double figures in NC.

 

[insaneinthecane]

Jimmy had a natural way to sitting down with the moms and dads of players he wanted and convincing them that he would respect them and make them better. He was a full blown down to earth person and those parents trusted him. There's more to Jimmy's history than games and wins.

There’s a reason why almost every successful football coach in America tries to make the pilgrimage down to Islamorada every offseason with the hopes of meeting with him and getting the chance to pick the brain of one of the greatest football minds the game has ever seen.

Jimmy is the total package and one of the many reasons why he’s widely considered the GOAT by many in the football coaching community.

 

[RF-4CCane]

If Jimmy had stayed and even Howard for that matter I gotta believe we’d be in double figures in CFC….

Or even Butch.

 

[Headhunter]

As much as I love Jimmy,just so you know, it was Butch who was in charge of his recruiting.and initial evals.

I laughed once at Butch Davis when he recruited some white running back named Dan Morgan. Once